Cilnia humeralis
# Cilnia humeralis

Cilnia humeralis, common name wide-armed mantis, is an aggressive and very cannibalistic species of praying mantis from Africa.

A breeder in Great Britain describes C. humeralis as "a very stockily built species with huge forelegs; possibly the most powerful and aggressive species I have kept."

## Subspecies

This species of mantis contains two subspecies.

### Cilnia humeralis femoralis (Werner, 1906)

This subspecies of mantis is found in Tanzania.

### Cilnia humeralis humeralis (Saussure, 1871)

This subspecies of mantis is found in Ethiopia, Mozambique, South Africa, Namibia.

Synonyms of this subspecies include:

* Cilnia humeralis brevipennis (Schulthess-Rechberg, 1899)
* Cilnia humeralis ignota (Rehn, 1904)
* Cilnia humeralis latipes (Stal, 1876)
